got home a while ago from a yearbook advisors holiday dinner at the speedway club at lowe's motor speedway. my first time there and most likely my last. well, i take that back as the woman throwing the dinner said it might become an annual shindig. trevor's a little nervous when it comes to going into situations like that and it actually turned out really awesome! my co-advisor was there, of course, with her boyfriend and he and trev both play (or should i say "live"?) WoW. they had a ton to talk about and we were joined by a couple who also had a ton in common. turned out really awesome and we had a wonderful dinner and good conversation. :) went to ncetc, north carolina educational technology conference (did i get that right?), this week wed-thurs. i think i'll post more about it tomorrow when i'm not so tired. had a fairly decent time, though i didn't come back as gung-ho as i have in the past from this conference and ncaect. i did get a nice list from patrick crispen of websites that are a complete and total waste of time. they're fun. good info from two of his other sessions i also went to, as well as some things to think about from david warlick and his web2.0 and video games in education sessions. i also enjoy hearing him speak. it's funny... when some people speak over a mic in an auditorium, they sound 'out of place' or ... fake ... hmmm, rethinking that, perhaps they sound too "real" and so there's nothing to really capture you by listening to their voices. warlick, on the other hand, has the kind of voice that demands respect and attention. you want to hear everything he has to say on anything and everything. so here's a late night toast to new friends and the hope that maybe, just maybe, we'll get out of the house more often and actually have some new folks to hang out with. another toast to new ways of thinking about education, as well as a terrific first yearbook for my school.